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r> Picture Coupon Six Coupons like this. together wi?!i one from THE SUNDAY, TRIBUNE BPsjg *«*«d a** a« ♦uasmUl'i date*} if presented with 10 CENTS «t the offlma of The New- York Tribune Main Office, g™S" 6 S. vrrOWK OFFICE— Broa.fi*ray. Will cat!t!» tsa« bearer to on' ce»ulne band colored Pboto«r« row. on flee plat* paper, UalWi. 12c BT UAIU. •objects ready: BABY STUART. THE STORM. BREAKERS. MOTHER AND CHILD. THE HOLY FAMILY AN AMERICAN BEAUTY T*or«te holdings of railroad stocks. He spoke at length, and finally Mr. Elkins took a seat on one side of Mm and Mr. Aldrich on the other and besought him rot to delay a vote. The Senate re jected the provision and a rollcall was refused. Mr. Norlands the« offered another amendment practically to the same ef fect. It w»* laid on the table. An amendment by Mr. La Follette permitting railroads to issue passes to the widows during widowhood and minor children of employes killed in the line of service wan accepted without d!rt«k*n B.l' Reported to Senate. At 6:20 p. m the bill, having been per fected in committee of the whole, was icpcrted to the Senate. Mr. Heyburo obtained an order for a. separate vote on the long and short haul clause Mr. Bacon moved to strike out the cctions tor th« establishment of a court M commerce, and argued that the method -prescribed for deslfmaXicKr the membership of the court would be un constitutional, on the ground that it would deprive circuit judges who are j-flocted to serve -lor five years on the court of their life tenures in the offices to which they were originally appointed. The motion provoked a long: discus rson. Vigorously assailing: the provision placing all government litigation before (be commerce court in the hands of the Attorney general. Mr. -Bacon asserted that it nullified the good accomplished i- the act of Congress making the Jntcrsmtc Commerce Commission a non partisan body. Mr. Borah ppoke against the com-. jcerc© court feature, but announced that he nouk) vote for the bill. The motltm was rejected. 25 to 3S. Mr. Gore made an impassioned speech, entitled "Whence Came This Bill?" and *i*clMTd that certain sections practically ■were drafted by Victor Morawetz and Francis L.ynde Stetson, both known to the financial Bide of the railroad world. The sections of which he complained "vere eliminated. ■ Physical Valuation Killed. Mr. La Follette offered his amendment to provide for the ascertainment of the vhy«4c?J valuation of railroad property. It was rejected by a. vot*i of 114 to 32. Mr. La Follette then presented' a care fully prepared analysis of the original Mil. Separating- his remarks Into three *iivirions. he undertook to show what t>v original bill, "a*« drafted by th« At torney Oeneral and recommended by thf President," had done "for the pub lic" and "for the railroads." and also to outline the improvements made in the Senate "in the public interest."* As ajfjiinj't four public benefits con ferred by the original measure he enu merated twelve benefits which he said had been bestowed on. the railroads. In the first section he included the control of classifications, the authority to estab i'«»h through rates, the requirement of tcritten statements of rates and the authority given to suspend new rates. The provisions which Mr. La Follette placed in the Interest of the railroads Included the capitalization, merger and traffic agreement sections, which have ><>en eliminated. Mr. La FoUette closed by giving notice that the conferrees must keep faith with the Senate in the matter of important amendments engrafted on the bill if they expect the conference report to be ap proved. He referred to a remark made by Senator Aldrich a fortnight ago in debate on the long and short haul clause, that "he who laughs last laughs best," a* signifying that the conferrees might be ready to, drop some important features from the bill. PROVISIONS OF THE BILL Commerce Court Chief Feature ' — Commission's Powers. Washington, June The administration railroad bill, as passed by the Senate to night, provides for the creation of a new Court of Commerce for the consideration exclusively of appeals from orders of the Interstate Commerce Commission. The court Is to consist of five judges, to Fit in Washington. Their powers are to be the •a me as those of the judges of the federal circuit -courts, they are to receive the •tmt pay and emoluments and are to be appointed in the first instance by the Presi- | dent for terms respectively of one, two, three, four and live years. Each, as he re tires to take up ' the work of a circuit | judge, is to be succeeded by a designation ; from the circuit court, these and other vacancies to be filled by appointment by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. While the headquarters of the court are to .* in Washington, and regular sessions •re to be held here, provision is made for sessions anywhere in the United States. ; The government, rather than the. Interstate Commerce Commission, is made the de fendant In. all eases coming before the court; but the commission is permitted to intervene. aa are other interested parties. The defence is placed under the direction •f tie Attorney General, but the commis sion and interested parties are permitted to have counsel and to carry on the suit in '.are of the failure of the Attorney General to Co mo. Appeal may be taken to th* Supreme Court. The long and short haul provision of the present interstate commerce law is amend ed so aa to permit a greater charge for a •nort haul than for a long.hao l - only with tfcfe consent of th« Interstate Commerce ml— lnn Espedal provision is made against the fixing of a lower rate for the ' purpose eC destroying water competition. Railroad companies are required to fur- J mm. written statements of rates from one j ~12.c« to another on the written application I rf a •nipper, under c, penalty of *20 for rsisEtaternect or for failure to comply with euch application. In addition, the shipper eculS brim* mM for additional .la-.*.*-' To Determine Reasonable Rates Wther ob complaint 'Or on its own Initi- j ative the «©tn»ns»fe*i If authorise* to de- j ♦ •r=Jr.s th« r-a*:r:fc '•'-.' of Individual , «r )oL&X rtiti er- clMßflcationz. »nc If such i | ?at<*s" r.re found to hi unreasonable, dt« ' criniisaiory, preferential or .prejudicial, the jewmsission is authorized to determine and 1 pfescrib* a proper maximum rate. Rates ■ reduced to meet water competition must I net be restored unless after a hearing by I the commission to determine whether coa ! clnuins have change* otherwise than by the elimination «f the water competition. Vnleas set aside by a competent court, orders of the commission ' are to continue tin force for two years. The commission {also is authorized to Investigate the pro ' priety of any new rate, regulation or classl • Qcation. individual or joint, of any com ! men carrier, and " pending such hearing a I suspension for ten months of the rate. i classification or regulation is provided for. The carrier is required to refund all charges found to be excessive. " • Authority is also given to the commission to establish through rat« and joint clas j Riflcations or to prescribe maximum rates over the same, whenever the careers . themselves neglect to do po. This regula | tion also covers' water lines which are con j necting carriers. Shippers have the right to designate a ! through route or part of a route over i which their property shall be carried, A j penalty of $r <W is imposed on carriers for disclosing any information concerning ship ments. A like penalty is provided fox vio lation of orders under. Section 15 of the ex isting interstate commerce law. and in this case each day that the violation continues ts to be construed as a separate offence. At Intervals of six months the commis sion is required to make an analysis of tariffs and classifications and to investigate the advisability of a uniform classification. Telegraph and Telephone Control. Telegraph and telephone lines are placed under the jurisdiction of the Interstate Commerce Commission. The commission is authorized to determine the reasonableness of rates and a penalty is Imposed of from JKV) to $2,090 on the granting of franks or passes for the transmission of messages. Special night and press report rates are authorized. The only provision in the bill applicable, I to other titan railroad corporations is one j regulating injunctions by federal courts j which suspend the operation of state laws. i It Is provided that such action shall be taken only wh«»n presented to a justice of the Suprerr.e Court or a circuit judge and heard by three judges, one of whom shall be a Supreme Court justice or a Circuit Court judge. The mm liv; will take effect sixty days after Its approval by the President. STEEL MEN WILL FIGHT To Advance Prices to Railroads if Freight Rates Go Up. IBy Tetegrani-. to Th- Tribune. 1 Pittsburg. June 3.— A new clement is like ly to be introduced in the fight against ad vanced railroad freight rates by the steel manufacturers of the United States. Prominent Pittsburg steel men to-day con curred in the statement that pig iron, coke and other materials used by them have for years stood the brunt of freight rates, they paying about 1 cent a mile a ton on these commodities, this rate being higher than on any other commodity. Until two years ago railroad requirements f were about 60 per cent of the total output of the steel industry. Since then th*> rail- ' roads have reduced orders, now consuming ] j oniy 40 percent of the steel output. Although , i protesting against high rates, steel men i ■aver fought the issue to a finish, as the j railroads were large customers. With rates about to be screwed up an- j other notch, steel men say it is the last straw and they will fight. As the result of the curtailment of railroad orders in two i years pig iron production has been reduced, ; but It is still tv high, owing to the great increase in the country's blast furnace ca- i pacity. For the year ending June 30 the ] pig Iron output of the country will be 50,- j 000.000 tons, although for the years 1905. j iff*; and 1907 the average output was 0n1y..) j 5,000,000 tons. During the last few months ! I production lias fallen off about Z.< per cent. i as compared with the output at the first of ■ ! the year. %• . RAILROADS' PUBLIC APPEAL Rates Must Be Raised or Bank ruptcy Faced, They Say. Chicago. June 3.— Simultaneous appeals to the people were made to-day by th«» Wast ern railroads and by the Illinois Manufact urers' Association. The railroads submitted their brief to "the man in the street and the farmer," hinting hard times if the railroads arc not permitted to increase their freight rates. The manufacturers tell the people not to be deceived, as there Is no danger of panic, and laud Fresldent Taft for his action in obtaining the injunction, halting the pro posed increase in rates. On behalf of the railroads, Siason Thomp son, head of the railroad publicity bureau, put forward "four reasons why railroad rates must be raised. " According to Mr. Thompson, the railroads in the last two years are $220,000,000 behind. on maintenance; the* paid $130,000,000 more annually for la bor: they paid $100,000,000 mere annually for interest; they lout $2j,{XX),OOO annually on passenger traffic, with the total result that they are ••$730,000,000 to the bad in. two years." "Railway rates must bo advanced, be cause many companies otherwise will face bankruptcy," said Sir. Thompson. "This is a result which the injunction granted at Hannibal, on a side issue, irrespective of the justice of the advance, on ex parte repre sentation, without notice and without proper weighing of the consequences, may expedite, but is powerless to enjoin. "Why this is so may be briefly stated In terms that the man in the street, in the workshop and on the farm can understand and appreciate. In the end it is this man in the street who must boar the brunt of any disaster that befalls the American rail way system." Mr. Thompson quotes railroad statistics a? far back as 1897 to prove the contention that the railroads face ruin unless rates are advanced. These statistics will be printed in pamphlet form and widely dis tributed. Mr. Thompson declares that the shipper? have been grossly deceived, and he charges the Associated Shippers' Bu reau, of Cincinnati, with practising the deception. "For more than twenty years," declares Mr. Thompson, "the charge has never been made seriously that the average freight rates on American railways were unrea sonable per se. On the contrary. It is the testimony of all investigators that they are the lowest in the world. If they have been reasonable for twenty years and the service if more costly now than ever, it is self-evident that ; any slight advance now cannot make them unreasonable." The resolutions adopted by the Illinois Manufacturers' Association charge tho of ficers of certain railroads with being in a concerted movement to make the people believe that the shippers and consumers are making unfair demand? and thai an other financial crisis is impending:. The manufacturers call on the people to hold up the hands of the government and de mand that the "Whole question of the advance or the reduction of freight rates should at this time and at all future times t«> presented to the Interstate Com merce Commission for final adjudication." The manufacturers extend their thanks to President Taft and Attorney General 'Vickf rsham . for "their prompt action In •eking the temporary injunction." RENOMINATED FCR CONGRESS Mount Sterling, Ky . June 3.—Representa tive John W. I^angley was renominated for Congrese to-day by tho Republicans of tho ttth District. MAN BURNED TO DEATH UPSTATE. Middletown, H. V.. J.une B.— Frederick T*ets. of Washington, N. J. was burned to death here lapt night, when fire de stroyed the hou*> of Amzl Cockling, where he wi* visiting. __; \EV-vrmK I>AILY TKIBUNE. SATURDAY. JI^SK 1. inio. NO EASTERN COMPLAINTS : Wickersham Received Charges Against Only Western Roads. DIFFERENCE IN METHODS Eastern Roads Filed Individual, and Western Collective Schedules. Washington. Juna S — Attornov General Wickersham said at the cl-"»se of business hours at the Department of Juntice to-day that he had not received any compla'nti against the rallroaid freight tariffs filed with th*> Interstate Commerce Commission fxing rates in the territory east of the Mississippi River. The government Is not taldngr any initia tive for the purpose of ascertaining the manner in which the new rates were deter mined on. Presumably its course will be to await th* filing of a complaint, as was done against the rates made by the Western Traffic ■ Association in Western trunk lino territory, where the Omaha committee charged there had been an agreement or conspiracy *n fixing the tariffs filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission. It was said at the department to-day that shippers have not yet had time to ex amine carefully the new rates so as to be •hie to ascertain their full extent and char acter. The question generally discussed in Wash ington to-day was that of the probable ef fect of the railroad bill in its final form upon the increases which are proposed to take effect on or about July 1. The bill as it left the House and as it now stands In the Senate is fixed to take effect sixty days after its enactment. In this form it would exempt the pending increases from inter ference by the Interstate Commerce Com mission. It is now expected that there will be an attempt at least to advance the taking effect of the act so as to cover these increases. Eastern Roads Acted Individually. So far as th« activities of the -Attorney Genera! are concerned, the increases in the East are in a different position from these in the West, having been filed separately and with little or no tangible evidence of agreement on the part of the roads. The allegation regarding the roadk, on which the proceedings have been brought under the Sherman anti-trust law, is that the increases were filed as the result of a dt-flnlf«» understanding and agreement among tho roads concerned. Practically all of the Eastern trunk lines have completed the filing- of their revised freght tariffs with the Interstais Commerce Commission. A, few of the tariffs of the various systems, including the Erie and tbe New York. Ontario & -Western, in connec tion with the Canadian Pacific, reached tho commission to-day. They 11! become ef fective on July C> next. D. fl*. Lawrence, of Boston, as agent for the .National Despatch-Great Eastern Line — fast freight route— including the Bos ton & Maine Railroad and the Centra] Vermont Railway Company, transmitted bis tariffs to the commission by mail, but, rot content with the mail facilities, he ap peared in person at the offices of the com mission -with duplicate tariffs in order to be absolutely assured they were filed prop erly. As indicated above, '.he method of filing tariffs with the commission is different among the Eastern tines from that which obtains among the Middle Western roads. Individual members of the Western Trunk Line- -Association do not ordinarily file separate tariffs; an agent— Mr. Hosmer, .o/ .<Jhl<?aso — designated to tile tariffs for all of the roads and all of them are pre cisely alike. " ■ It was on the theory that this..combina tion ■■was "in restraint of trade' 1 «haf -Attor ncv General Wlefcerahsm instituted : his proceedings in Injunction against the..,vnil ways constituting th» Western Trunk line Association. It is not believed by il,H»»* familiar with the conditions that the»'same sort of proceeding would lie against r ihe Kastern lines that have announced ad vances in rate?:, because their tariff* are filed by the Individual roads, in peFfe'-t conformity with the' provisions of th« in terstate commerce act. The advances could be attacked by. shippers In complaints to the Interstate Commerce Commission on the. ground they they worn unreasonable. In that event it would be incumbent upon the commission to determine whetherthe increases: were justified by business-con ditions. -; Eastern Rates Agree. -j, The rates made by the Eastern lines in their revised tariff?, while filed with the commission and put into effect by individ ual roads, arc substantially the same In all cases. It is pointed out that this necessa rily must be so, for. if any particular road maintained a lower rate between New York and Chicago, for instance, on a par ticular kind of freight than that accorded by other roads, the line giving the lower rate would get all the business. The increases in rates proposed by the New York Central lines may be taken as typical of the advances proposed by all of the .Eastern roads. The tariffs may differ slightly in places, but they are substan tially the same on general freight moving from the same points of origin to the same points of destination. In the tariffs filed by the New York Cen tral on commodities moving between Xow York anil Chicago, the increases average about 9 per cent. Some of the principal commodities, with the percentages of in crease in the freight charge, are here given: Alum, 9.1; alumina, 9.1; ammunition, 9.3; asphaltum. 10; burlap bagging, 10; fire brick. 4.5: flint brick. 9.1; clay, 10: gravel, i.5; hide trimmings, 9.3; lime, 9.1; limestone, 11; marble chips. 12; oysters and clams in shell. 25; pitch, 91; wall plaster, 10; salt, 15; sand, *; soapstone, 10; tar, 9.1. and whitii;g, 10. The Boston &. Albany, one of the sub sidiary lines of the New York Central sys tem, has filed a tariff on commodities from Boston to Chicago which gives practically typical rates from Boston to Chicago com mon points. Some of the articles and the percentage of Increase in the freight charges on them are as follows: Alum, 9.1; aluminum, 9.1; ammunition, 8; asphaltum, 9.1; bagging, 10: flint brick, 9.1; hide trim mings, wet, 8; lime, 9.1; limestone, 11; pitch, 9.1; wall plaster, 10; gunpowder, 30: salt cake. 9.1; pand. <>; soapstone, 10; starch, 8; tar and candle tar, 9.1, and whiting, 10. In connection with the proceedings in stituted by Attorney General Wickersham against the members of the Western Trunk Line Association, a particularly Interesting point has been raised. In what was known as the Trans-Missouri freight case the members of the association, as well as the lines represented by thtm, were perpetu ally enjoined from maintaining the associ ation and from» entering into "any truffle agreements of the same nature as those developed in that case. Railroad lawyers in considerable num bers were endeavoring to-day to read the opinion of the Supreme Court of the United States In the so-called Missouri River class rale case. After the oral statement of the decision from the bench on Mondcy Justice McKenna revised the opinion. The opinion of the court in the final shape was filed to day in the offices of the court. "Breaking" Rates at the Mississippi. The lawyers were anxious particularly to see what the court had to say about the preservation of the old system of "break- Ing" rates at the Mlssiselppi River and at the Missouri River. The opinion says that the Interstate Com merce Commission, in ordering a reduction of the rate between the two rivers -on through fhipmcntfi erlrinatinj in the cc*' board territory, did not Ignore or under estimate the manner In which the lines of railroads had been extended or the system, of rates or rate making which had resulted. It quotes the commission as saying that it '.is not Impressed with the view that the system of . making .rates on certain basing lines - should -be I abolished. At the same time tl-m court upholds the commission" in making exceptions to this system in some Instances, js '-• - '"It was the sense of the commission," cays the court, "that such points could not be immovable forever and 'fixed forever against power of changins,:or that through rates based oh such points must be exempt from regulation no • matter what their character, or to be constituted at, the will of the -railroad of the sum of local rates or the Bum of rates from one basing point to another, however unjust the rates might 'be. Indeed, as pointed out in the brief of the appellant in No. 064. the railway com panies'adhere to no such construction of rates." ' " ' ■ A little later the opinion says: "The com mission is the tribunal that is Intrusted with the execution of the Interstate com merce laws, and has been given very com prehensive, powers in the Investigation of and determination of the proportion which the rates charged shall ,bear to the service rendered; and this power exists whether the system of rates be old or new. If old, in terests will have probably become attached to them, and it may be -will be disturbed or disordered if they bo changed. Such cir cumstance is, of course, proper to be con sidered, and constitutes an element in the problem of regulation, but it does not take jurisdiction away to entertain and attempt to resolve the problem." ■ A report reached the Interstate Com merce Commission' late to-day that the lines constituting the Western Trunk Line Association would file individual tariffs putting into effect substantially the same advances as are contained in the associa tion tariffs recently enjoined. Chicago, June 3.— E. P. Ripley, president of the Santa Fe system, to-day denied the report that, so far as his road is con cerned, new tariff sheets will be filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission indi vidually. He said he had heard of no such plan. Dcs Aioinep. lowa, June ?>. — Attorney Oenera! "^Vickersham to-uay telegraphed the lowa Board of Railway Commissioners that ft will not be expedient for the gov ernment to go into the federal courts for an injunction restraining the railroads from putting the new freight rates into effect from intermediate points in lowa and Min nesota, as requested bj- the railroad com mission yesterday. Members of the Jboard said to-day that they would start a fight of their own for relief from all lowa points as well as Missouri River point?. TAFT TO GRANT HEARING President : to Meet Railroad Presidents on Monday. - Detroit. June 3.— President Taft paid to night that he will issue no statement as to suits against railroad.*. He confirmed the report that on Monday next at Wash ington he will give a hearing to a large delegation of railroad presidents who feel aggrieved over the injunction suit recently brought by Attorney General Wfekershani to prevent an increase in freight rates by the Western Traffic Association. The conference was requested by several of the big Western trunk lines, who desire to lay their case before the President and to learn more definitely the plans of the government. Following the rule he has laid down of giving a hearing to all parties to a con troversy, the President readily granted the request of the railroad magnates. CONCESSIONS TO JEWS Will Be Allowed to Visit the Cau casus for Health Treatment. St. Petersburg, June .". In response to representations made by him. *.!. Friedman. Jewish member of the r>ouma, was In formed to-day that Kmperor Nicholas had ■authorized the Caucasian authorities to make pertain concessions to Jews residing temporarily in the Caucasus. The authorities of the Caucasus are now empowered to grant permits to Jews re quiring medical assistance to visit health reports during the season of 1910, but only upon the presentation by the applicants of certificates from th« local. medical commis sions showing that such treatment ?is re quired. Twenty Jewish families have been or dered to leave Lisichansk, a town in the coal mine region. . A petition In their ln half, .signed by their neighbors, has been sent to Premier Stolypln. In furtherance of its purpose to drive back into the pale all Jews who cannot es tablish a legal right Of residence outside Its confines, the Russian government l.« now pursuing a close inquiry regarding those engaged in the drug business or who claim to be so engaged. The proprietors of the drug stores chieily are Jew?, and their employes a.* veil as salesmen for drug houses, travelling in the interior, are now called upon not only to exhibit pharmaceutie certificates, but to satisfy the authorities that they are ac tively occupied with the business for which they are licensed. The debate on the. government's Ru,?>o- Finnish bill was. begun In .the Douma to day. In effect the measure, which is de scribed as defining the legislative, division between the Douma and the Finnish Diet, extends the authority of the former body over the duchy. All laws of Imperial im portance arc made applicable to Finland without the consent of the Diet. Its ulti mate passage was forecast in the fir=t test vote to-day. This was upon a mot 'on to declare the. bill urgent, which was passed by a vote of ISO to 20. The provision giving the Russian parliament supervision of Finnish educational affairs will, it is expected, develop some opposition upon the part of the Octobrists, who favor the meas ure as a whole. Premier Stolypin and several other min isters were present to-day, as .vas the (lov emor General. The absence of M. Kokov soff, Minister of Finance, was commented upon. It i"? reported that he id not in sym pathy with the measure. Premier Stolypin spoke for an hour, ar guing that tbe measure was a necessary one, made so by the absolutely uncom promising attitude of Finland in its ret'us?! to recognize the existence of imperial in terests and in giving assistance to Russia's enemies. Professor Millukoff and If. Gegechkort were the chief speakers in opposition. They characterized the proposed legislation as a ■violation of guaranteed rights and of the solemn pledges of the Emperor. Fifty»six other speakers will be heard. JEWS AROUSED: WILL PROTEST Expulsion from Russian Towns To Be Considered at Public Mass Meeting. The matter pt the expulsion of the Jews from Russian towns recently was taken up by the executive committee of the Federa tion of Jewish Organizations at No. :;il East Broadway yesterday. A sub-com mittee was appointed to arrange for a pub lic mass meeting to protest against the ex pulsion measures and the attitude of the bureaucracy in Russia. The principal speakers at the meeting were the Rev. Joseph Beff, Dr. G. Gettinger, A. Horowitz. L. Fife and the Rev. Samuel Rabinowltz. the last named presiding. A discussion took place over a proposal to agitate for a boycott of all Russian goods. It was decided to call a conference with labor and other organizations on the subject. The Russian bureaucracy was de nounced. Resolutions v.»i* passed thanking Colonel 1 --rvelt for keeping away from Russia and Rumania. RAILROADS WILL RETRENCH Going Slowly Now, in View of the injunction Proceedings. IMPROVEMENTS HELD UP Waiting Policy Adopted by Offi \" ciais, Who Say Expenses Must Be Cut Down. Reports from various points in tor "West, as -well as statements made hero by offi cers of railways, indicate the probability of general curtailment of expenditures by the roads* of the country as an outcome- of the uncertainty caused by the govern ment's move against the roads of the Mid dle : West • which Mad planned to advance their freight rates on June 1. President Rlpley . of the Atchlson was quoted in dis patches from Chicago as saying: ". "Wherever possible we have cancelled orders for equipment or had them held of. waiting developments. stopped work on our double ' tracking of the Atchlson from Chicago to the coast about ten days ago. We have cut down the working hours in some of our shops to half time, and, if necessary, we will later lay off many of our men. It Is absolutely necessary that we In some way meet the increased cost of maintenance and the decreased net earn ings. ' _ "We will go ahead where contracts wer* let. but suspend orders contemplated for Improvement and new equipment. It la contrary to even' law oi business that one company handling the sr.ipe commoiity as another should not consult its competitors." "The policy of the Illinois Central at present is a -waiting: one," said W. L. Park, vice-president of that railroad. "We have a number of bi<? ■ Improvements in view, which we are deferring until we are able to raise our rates and have & larger income. We had planned to establish yards at several points along the line, buy locomotives and rolling stock, and, of course, thus indirectls' help business in general; but as the matter now stands we are waiting to see what the effect will be of our attempt to raise rates." Rock Island Lays Off Men. "We hay»; laid off probably about fifteen hundred men fn the last few months to makf up for our drop in earning?.'* said President Mudge of the Rock Tsland, "and unless th© government permits us* to In crease our freight rates and in that way increase our earnings »-c must meet the situation by cutting down forces In the road's shops, shortening hours and can celling orders for equipment." General Manager Smith of the St. Paul said that hta confpany had thus far mads no plans for curtailment of equipment or cancellation of orders. Vice-President Byram of the Burling ton ?ai<l that that company had cancelled nG equipment order?, but that retrench ment throughout the system would be necessary. >^o action has yr\ be*»n taken by the Harrtman system, but a member of the executive committee said yesterday that unless the railroads were allowed to in crease their rates the Union "Pacific and Southern Pacific would he obliged, like other roads, to protect their future position by cutting expenditures to the minimum. Vic-President Childs of the New York, Ontario & Western said that the company had had an improvement programme in contemplation, but would have to go very slow about this now." The Xew York Central, it was learn «i yesterday, has deckled to postpone indefi nitely projected improvement work tht cost of which Is estimated at from $4. onfl.iinft to 55.000,'W and will placi no mor« orders for new equipment at present. -, President Underwood of th» Erie In a vigorous analysis of th« situation, traced yesterday the- effects of restriction of th» railways' activities and incidentally paid bis respects to the administration. "If the government stops th« railroads from increasing rates," said Mr. Under wood, "the railroads will survive. They can limp along, but their activities wiM be, checked. Th*- conditions in the commercial world following this will be most gerious. I do not mean alone that th» effect on the railroads will be disastrous, but this sain? condition applies to all lines of commercial activity. Would Cripple Biggest Spender. "When you prevent the railroad? of the. country from continuing their activity you Interfere with the nation's greatest spend er. Not only does the great army x of rail road employes suffer, but wbrklnfjmen everywhere will feel the effect. '"The present administration undoubtedly started in with the intention of being up buildcrs of the country's business- interests, but instead of putting business on the up grade it has placed it on the political plat ter. To me. it looks as If the dish was going to be badly burned. "The trouble in Washington seeing to hi that there are too many lawyers in charge of affairs, and no one with sound business judgmer,' who is willing to let the other fellow be heard. ; "Sure enough, we have prospects of good crops, and some relieve- hat will help th» railroads to readjust themselves, even though the government should succeed. Such talk is nonsense, .lust before the de pression of I"X*7 the coutifiy enjoyed the finest of crop conditions, but that didn't help in any way to stop the disaster that followed. ■""\Y!i<:>n you stop the activit> of American railroads, business in genera is bound to • lecrease. You put the matter right up to the two million employes, whdse. bread and butter depends upon the railroad yum string. After all, it's nor jujeh a blow against the railroads as against the entire commercial Interest?. "The Republican party in its platform re ferred to the injustice of the injunction, but at the same time they applied thl.< method to the railroads. In so doing they were a party to a high handed proceeding. The railroads did not commit an ovej-t a«U. and should not be treated in that manner. At any rate, the government has assailed the commercial interests of the country by methods which were denounced only a short time ago." BOOM IN AIRSHIP BUSINESS Machinists Say That Wealthy People Are Ordering Aeroplanes. It was said yesterday by the officers of District No. 15 of the International Associ ation of Machinists that the recent success ful flights in aeroplanes had led many wealthy people to place orders for these machines with automobile firms, which have been at work on aeroplane motors. A regular trade in making aeroplanes was beginning, they said, and many machinists were getting employment in miking the parts of the engines. "It was in this way." Mr. Heylan«l. bu.«l n*-ns agent of the association, said, "that the automobile trade developed M rapidly. At first the automobiles were a fad. yet row there are more machinists in this city who are employed in making automobile machinery than are employed in any other branch of the business. One Broadway firm in employing several machinists In making aeroplane motor* for machines which have b<x»n ordered, and some of th* firms have received so many orders that they are preparing to make aeroplanes In the near future for stock trade, just as autoa are now macie for stock." Mr. Hey land reported that strikes of the regular machinists were In progress In m »ral shopa itwPlalnfleld and Paterson for higher wages, and that similar strikes which had been ordered in machine shops In Rutherford, were fettled yesterday. PUBLICITY secured A ; through so-called publicity agents usually fools the man who pays for it. the publisher who . is worked for . it, and even the man who pro mulgates it. The roan It doesn't - fool it the reader. H. E. Loan Advertising Agency 527 Fifth /<••«««. H*mYmtk T*l,pl>»m» 3023 MtirtimHii! i READY RIDER UP IN AIR Continued from first page. feet When he was above Hicksville he was a dot that could just be seen and no more. A-ked about his speed. Mr. Hamilton said: "I think I was going sixty milea an hour most of the time." It is understood that officials of the. Long Island Railroad have invited Mr. Hamilton to fly along their tracks from | Mineola to Montauh Point, and that Hamilton Is ready to accept. "Joe" Sej-mour, the automobile driver, i made two trips over the field yesterday, 'each being four miles long. Captain j Thomas S. Baldwin flew twice, and on ' the third attempt slightly damaged his i machine. Hamilton will fly this afternoon and to-morrow at Mineoia. Such exhibitions as he gave free yesterday have, It is , | said, drawn twenty thousand person* who paid admission in the West and South. Asked why he was flying here. Mr. Hamilton said: "I have nothing else to | do just now, and I like it." Thr flight.-, occur between 4 and 7 I o'clock, as a rule, and are open to the j public. There were about three hun- | dred persons at the grounds yesterday, j and sixty-eigrht automobiles. WASHINGTON SEEKS FLIGHT! Board of Trade Suggests Aero plane Trip from This City. Washington. June — The Washington : Board of Trade to-day appointed a com mittee to confer with the Chamber of Com- . merce regarding plans for raising a fund | or 110,000 for an aeroplane flight from Mow j York City to Washington. The plan pro- ' pos«tl in that stops shaft be mad* by the ! contestants at Philadelphia and Baltimore j and that the prizt- fund shall be contrictitel t by organizations in the four cities— Yew t York. Philadelphia, Baltimore and Wat!.- : ing* on. A telegram was received here to-day from George Meyer, president of the American Aero Association, in which th? association offered Its services In conducting stj.'h a 'cross-country flight and making nilrs gov erning the undertaking. WRIGHTS Will, NOT FT.V Professional Aviators of Their Com pany May. but Not Brothers. Dayton. Ohio, June S.— Orrill* Wright j &tat«*d positively to-day that neith-r h- nor } his brother would compete for any prizes offered for lonsr distance flights. The im- i presslon had -gone out that they contem plated doing so if the conditions awl their approval. Thi«. Orvilte stated, applied to j the professional aviators of the Wright i company, and not to the Inventors thi»m- j selves, who have no intention of entering ! personally. : CHICAGO-LOUISVILLE FLIGHT ! Two Days' Aviation Meet Will Begin ! in Latter City June 18. T.otiisville. June •". -It mas announced ' to-day that Horace B. Wild, of Chicago, i would attempt an aeroplane flight fr'-rn I Chicago to Lioulsville before Junt* 1?. Th« ' trip is to % be made within thirty-six hours. ' with not more than four stops for fuel On I June IS a two-day aviation m«?rt will b«»«tn : in Louisville. Glenn H. «iirti.«s. t?harles X. ! Hamilton. C. J. Mar?. H. F. Wild and Car] i Bates are scheduled for flight*. ■ •• m AEROPLANE FOR COLONEL ASTOR. The Fr?nch liner Florida, which arrived her* from Havre on Thursday, discharged from her hot! yesterday two large aero- ) plane.a, one of which is saM to be con slgn?d to Colonel John Jacob istcir. Ac cording to th« ship's manifesto, th« larger i aeroplane was consigned "to ord<r," and f3 j the one believed to ?]»ve been Imported by j Colon*! A?t«r. The oth«»r flying machine t W9M consigned to "H. S. K." S^reraX^as^s i Of extra parts accompanied the aeroplane.-. See Wonderland Rights CLEnter Yellowstone Park through Gardtaer Gateway, the Official and Natural Entrance -7«wit— - reached only via the Northern Pacific. Pacific Coast CMake the stage tour over the route that per ffiUuary nuts you to see all the sights you want to see Tournament with minimum of effort and utmost of comfort. at Tacoma July 24 toji ' Season: June 15 to Sept 15 'if'^':^-" Cr.<-.-- hateepintcacawviceChicai*, P, !"'.f s: ; * f C ""- °^ aha - Drnvcr - Portland and ** Summer Tourist Fare« to YenovrstaiM and tha See Portland the Sp^ctai orth V !lt air - r> Junf> X.>rf», . *-uriiana, irt« Special E*cursion Pares to tho North roast. famous July 9 to is. Inclusive, account Hibernians* Cw» "Rose City" volition. Portland; tv:.:-\> from I'hK-axc $57.V> r .rom St. l>-»uts; round trip; limit thr»>« months 5/op Off from c!l n - dln - ir reduction on though tickets HtHl+ft-??* V , "Xlv" Xlv <to * a » throu* ii ii ii mmm am—mmm ■ "*" ttayaen Lake train*, tndudtne ih« d# >ux« North coast lamitf.l— !'•.» royal train in any land can boat it. A»k kr fre« J- •crtptlv© litmturi- ami rates of far* for thrmgh tickets. Northern pacific Oailway * "The Scenic HUhwav fJL Thro«ih the A^i Land of Fortiw* -v ■- W. F. MERSHON. Gen 'I Aaent Pmr D«pt . v-v '*• w' 313 B'wav. New Ycrk. Phsne Werth «.IV \m THE electric motor revolution-* izes the workshop, *h* factory. >-. *■»■ v* , t * .Stops the leak in profits —no friction and shafting % load to eat up half the power. \, Means better light— eliminate shafting and belting. More space — no boiler and engina room needed. * i Less labor— no ashes to cart — no coal to handle. Removes danger of explosions, of breakdowns. Supplies power only where and when power is needed — when a machine is idle, the power is ■hut off. 4 Hot affected by -.-. coal market. Works 24 hours a day, every ; day in the year. • Edison Service spells Econcsij for the workshop and factory. Tshe New York Edison Company Ac Your Service 55 Dcxna Street Telep'iom Worth 30C0 Not a'! y Milk Trust Th» Original and **?* - • HORLIGK'S malted mim Thi Food Drink for AH Ages. 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